The new Manchester United manager insists he has not sought any advice before his first game in charge, Oliver Kay reports

David Moyes is not the first outsider to take over the champions of England.
He is, however, the first since Brian Clough swaggered into Leeds United in
the summer of 1974, immediately alienated Don Revie’s old boys and began on
a tenure so turbulent that it lasted just 44 days and was immortalised in The
Damned United.

In David Peace’s fictional take, Clough was so racked by insecurity that he
took an axe to the desk that he inherited from Revie in his Elland Road
office. That never happened, but Clough’s unhealthy preoccupation with his
predecessor’s shadow was real.